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| 1 | 1 | 87R11224 JXC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 3181 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the weather emergency preparedness of facilities for | |
| 8 | 8 | providing electric service. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 35, Utilities Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 35.0021 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 35.0021. WEATHER EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. (a) The | |
| 13 | 13 | commission by rule shall require each provider of generation in the | |
| 14 | 14 | ERCOT power region to implement measures to prepare the provider's | |
| 15 | 15 | generation facilities to provide full electric generation service | |
| 16 | 16 | at ambient temperatures between 0 degrees Fahrenheit and 120 | |
| 17 | 17 | degrees Fahrenheit. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) The commission shall reduce the base capacity rating of | |
| 19 | 19 | a generation facility that is operated in violation of a rule | |
| 20 | 20 | adopted under Subsection (a) by 10 percent annually until the | |
| 21 | 21 | generation facility is no longer in violation or until the base | |
| 22 | 22 | capacity rating is reduced to zero. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |